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ILLINOIS NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY MANUAL 4 



Order RODExNTIA 



Family Sciuridae — squirrels 

 Marmota monax 

 Citellus trideceynlineatus 



Woodchuck 

 Thirteen-lined ground 



squirrel 

 Franklin's ground squirrel 

 Eastern chipmunk 

 Eastern gray squirrel 

 Eastern fox squirrel 

 Southern flying squirrel 



Citellus franklinii 

 Tamias striatus 

 Sciurus carolinensis 

 Sciurus niger 

 Glaucomys volans 



Family Geomyidae — pocket gophers 



Geomys bursarius Plains pocket gopher 



Family Castoridae — beavers 



Castor canadensis Beaver 



Family Cricetidae — native mice and rats 



Reithrodontomys megalotis Western harvest mouse 

 Peromyscus maniculatus 



Peromyscus leiicopus 

 Peromyscus gossypinus 

 Peromyscus nuttalli 

 Oryzomys palustris 

 Neotoma floridana 

 Synaptomys cooperi 

 Microtus pennsylvanicus 

 Microtus ochrogaster 

 Pitymys pinetorum 

 Ondatra zibethicus 



Deer mouse 

 White-footed mouse 

 Cotton mouse 

 Golden mouse 

 Rice rat 



Eastern wood rat 

 Southern bog lemming 

 Meadow vole 

 Prairie vole 

 Pine vole 

 Muskrat 



Family Muridae — Old World mice and rats 



Rattus rattus 

 Rattus norvegicus 

 Mus musculus 



Family Zapodidae — jumping mice 

 Zapus hudsonius 



Roof rat 

 Norway rat 

 House mouse 



Meadow jumping mouse 



Order LAGOMORPHA 



Family Leporidae — hares, rabbits 



Lepus toiunsendii White-tailed jackrabbit 



Sylvilagus floridanus Eastern cottontail 



Sylvilagus aquaticus Swamp rabbit 



